{"id":66202,"date":"2026-07-04T06:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/third-batch-of-4812-amarnath-pilgrims-departs-from-jammu-amid-tight-security-administration-reiterates-mandatory-registration\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T06:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:38:05","slug":"third-batch-of-4812-amarnath-pilgrims-departs-from-jammu-amid-tight-security-administration-reiterates-mandatory-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/third-batch-of-4812-amarnath-pilgrims-departs-from-jammu-amid-tight-security-administration-reiterates-mandatory-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Batch of 4,812 Amarnath Pilgrims Departs from Jammu Amid Tight Security; Administration Reiterates Mandatory Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the resonating chants of <strong>&#8220;Bam Bam Bhole,&#8221;<\/strong> the third batch of <strong>4,812 pilgrims<\/strong> departed from the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu on Saturday to undertake the annual <strong>Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, the pilgrims left for the Kashmir Valley early in the morning to reach the holy cave shrine through the twin routes of <strong>Baltal<\/strong> and <strong>Pahalgam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Of the total pilgrims, <strong>2,041 devotees<\/strong> are scheduled to undertake the pilgrimage via the <strong>Baltal route<\/strong>, while <strong>2,771 pilgrims<\/strong> will travel through the <strong>traditional Pahalgam route<\/strong>. The convoy comprised <strong>259 vehicles<\/strong>, including buses and private vehicles, which departed from the base camp under elaborate security arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the convoy was escorted under stringent security measures to ensure the safe movement of pilgrims along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and towards the designated Yatra routes.<\/p>\n<p>The annual pilgrimage formally commenced on Thursday after <strong>Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha<\/strong> flagged off the <strong>first batch of pilgrims<\/strong> from the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday issued an important advisory for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra pilgrims, reiterating that <strong>advance registration is mandatory<\/strong> for undertaking the pilgrimage. The administration stated that the <strong>daily number of pilgrims permitted on the Yatra routes has been capped<\/strong> in accordance with the directions of the Supreme Court to ensure the safety, security, and smooth conduct of the pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have urged devotees to travel strictly on their allotted dates and comply with all guidelines issued by the administration for the successful and safe completion of the annual pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the resonating chants of &#8220;Bam Bam Bhole,&#8221; the third batch of 4,812 pilgrims departed from the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,30,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66202","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-jammu","category-kashmir","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}